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Brandon Mychal Smith

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Brandon Mychal Smith and Darrell Britt-Gibson in You're the Worst (2014)
When a mysterious stranger arrives from the future with a dire warning, Leo is forced to rise and lead his brothers, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey in a fight to save the world from a terrifying alien species.
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Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)
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Brandon Smith started acting at the tender age of 8 years old. Soon, he booked his first national commercial for Nike with Tiger Woods.

Brandon Smith has garnered a legion of loyal fans for playing the iconic role of super-suave Nico Harris on the Disney Channel series "So Random" ("Sonny with a Chance").

In 2006, Smith won a Family Television Award and a Young Artist Award for his portrayal as Tayshawn in the Emmy Award-nominated television movie "The Ron Clark Story" opposite Matthew Perry. His other film credits include "Gridiron Gang" opposite Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and "Weapons" with Nick Cannon.

Brandon just wrapped shooting the Universal feature film, "Get On Up," opposite Chadwick Boseman, for Director Tate Taylor, playing the iconic role of Little Richard. As well, he recently completed shooting the FX pilot "You're The Worst," Forest Whitaker's feature film "Sacrifice" starring Dermot Mulroney and the feature film "Hoovey" starring Patrick Warburton and Lauren Hollly.

Brandon makes his home in Los Angeles and is very close with his parents and younger sister Kimberly.
BornMay 29, 1989
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Brandon Mychal Smith and Nathalie Emmanuel in Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019)
Brandon Mychal Smith
Brandon Mychal Smith, Demi Lovato, and Tiffany Thornton in Sonny with a Chance (2009)
Brandon Mychal Smith and Demi Lovato in Sonny with a Chance (2009)
Brandon Mychal Smith, Allen Maldonado, and Darrell Britt-Gibson in You're the Worst (2014)
Kelly Brook, Brandon Mychal Smith, and Nick Zano in One Big Happy (2015)
Brandon Mychal Smith and Jordan Calloway in Unfabulous (2004)
Brandon Mychal Smith and Keauna McLaughlin in Skating with the Stars (2010)
Brandon Mychal Smith and Keauna McLaughlin in Skating with the Stars (2010)
Brandon Mychal Smith and Keauna McLaughlin in Skating with the Stars (2010)
Matthew Perry and Brandon Mychal Smith in The Ron Clark Story (2006)
Brandon Mychal Smith in Skating with the Stars (2010)

Known for

Dwayne Johnson in Gridiron Gang (2006)
Gridiron Gang
7.1
  • Bug Wendal
  • 2006
Chadwick Boseman in Get on Up (2014)
Get on Up
6.9
  • Little Richard(as Brandon Smith)
  • 2014
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018)
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5.4
TV Series
  • Mikey
  • Michelangelo
  • Player #1
Rachael Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr. in She's All That (1999)
She's All That
5.9
  • JV Cleaning Boy(as Brandon Smith)
  • 1999

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Actor

  • Ascension
    • Pre-production
  • Sick Girl
    • Post-production
  • Rise of the TMNT Shorts (2019)
    Rise of the TMNT Shorts
    • (voice)
  • Haley Joel Osment, Kat Graham, Omar Benson Miller, Brandon Mychal Smith, Eric Bauza, Ben Schwartz, and Josh Brener in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)
    Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie
    • (voice)
  • Brandon Mychal Smith, Tony Todd, Rachel True, Erica Ash, Lenora Crichlow, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Tone Bell, and Adrian Bond in Horror Noire (2021)
    Horror Noire
  • Bad Vibes (2021)
    Bad Vibes
  • Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018)
    Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Nathalie Emmanuel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, and Nikesh Patel in Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019)
    Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • You're the Worst (2014)
    You're the Worst
  • Like Family
  • Emma Bell, Kristen Gutoskie, Milo Ventimiglia, McKinley Freeman, Willa Fitzgerald, Michael Galante, Molly Burnett, and Jes Macallan in Relationship Status (2016)
    Relationship Status
  • Melissa Leo and Andy Walken in The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
    The Most Hated Woman in America
  • Sweet/Vicious (2016)
    Sweet/Vicious
  • Robert De Niro and Zac Efron in Dirty Grandpa (2016)
    Dirty Grandpa
  • Kelly Brook, Elisha Cuthbert, and Nick Zano in One Big Happy (2015)
    One Big Happy
  • Sacrifice (2015)
    Sacrifice
    • (as Brandon Smith)
  • Lauren Holly, Cody Linley, Patrick Warburton, and Alyson Stoner in Hoovey (2015)
    Hoovey
    • (as Brandon Smith)

Music Department

  • So Random! (2011)
    So Random!
    • (as Brandon Smith)
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Let It Shine: Extended Edition
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Let It Shine: Extended Edition
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Let It Shine: Extended Edition
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Let It Shine: Extended Edition
Let It Shine: Extended Edition
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Let It Shine: Extended Edition
StarStruck: Got To Believe Extended Edition
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StarStruck: Got To Believe Extended Edition
StarStruck: Got To Believe Extended Edition
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StarStruck: Got To Believe Extended Edition
StarStruck: Got To Believe Extended Edition
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StarStruck: Got To Believe Extended Edition
StarStruck: Got To Believe Extended Edition
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StarStruck: Got To Believe Extended Edition
Sonny with a Chance: Vol. One - Sonny's Big Break
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Sonny with a Chance: Vol. One - Sonny's Big Break
Sonny with a Chance: Vol. One - Sonny's Big Break
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Sonny with a Chance: Vol. One - Sonny's Big Break
Sonny with a Chance: Vol. One - Sonny's Big Break
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Sonny with a Chance: Vol. One - Sonny's Big Break
Sonny with a Chance: Vol. One - Sonny's Big Break
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Sonny with a Chance: Vol. One - Sonny's Big Break

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    • May 29, 1989
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    Has one sister, Kimberly.

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